Origins: Born in Aïn Chock, a middle-class neighborhood of Casablanca.

Work: Working as a property manager, Abdel is not getting rich but Fatima helps him believe that he is not a failure. As he doesn’t earn enough money, he allows Fatima to work for Alice.

Love status: Pressured by his family, he got married to Fatima at 26 though he was never really attracted to her. She eventually became a kind of moral compass for him, his religious and cultural pride.

Ambitions: Disappointed by the way his life turned out, Abdel sticks to his low-income job and the nice woman he married. His loneliness made him turn to religion for a sense of belonging but his practice of Islam became more and more strict and deeply hypocritical.

Personality: Always manipulative, he feels superior to most people in Montréal. His charm and masculinity enable him to achieve his goals. His friends are mostly guys from his neighbourhood mosque.

Characteristic traits: Abdel always has a beard and a macho attitude.